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APPARATUS FOR FILLING TARGET BALLS. No. 279,391. 21115111911 June 12,1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PIERRE J. J ARRE `AND ETIENNE A. JARRE, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

APPARATUS FOR FltLlNG TARGET-BALLS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters` Patent No. 279,391, dated June 12, 1883.

Application filed `December 22,1882. (No model.) Patented in France February 28,1882, No.147,617; in Belgium March 3,1882, No. 57,223, and in England March 4, 1882, No. 1,062.

To @ZZ whomv it may concern:

Be it known that we, PIERRE JOSEPH J AREE and ETIENNE ALPHONSE J AREE, both of Paris, France, have invented a new and improved method of infiating a target-ball and ballast ing it with water and closing its Inouth, of which the following is a full, clear, and eXact description.

My invention relates to flying rubber target-balls; and it consists in the method of iilling and closing the mouths of said balls by means of an apparatus as hereinafter Inore fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the air-pump used for iniiating the balls and filling `them partly or entirely with a liquid. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional elevation o f a tank for containing an effervescent or gaseous liquid for filling the balls. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional elevation of one of our improved rubber balls, showing it half filled with a liq uid. Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional elevation of a ball, showing it entirely filled with a liquid. Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional elevation of one ofour improved balls, the same containing a smaller ball iilled with a liquid. Fig. 6 is a crosssectional elevation of one of our improved balls, the same containing a smaller ball filled with air,the space between the inner and outer balls being filled with a liquid. Fig. 7 is a cross-sectional elevation of one ofourimproved balls, showing the same filled with a liquid,

and tied to form a sack for containing chemicals which will produce gas when permitted to mix with the liquid. Fig. 8 is across-sectional elevation of the neck of one of our balls before the same is compressed. Fig. 9 is a sectional plan view ofthe same on line :c a", Fig. 8. Fig. l() is a cross-sectional elevation of the neck of one of the balls, showing the same compressed. Fig. 1l is a sectional pl an view of the same on the line y y, Fig. 10.

A bulb or-ball, A, made of softrubber, is provided with a neck, B, which is surrounded by a copper sleeve, C. The neck B is then stretched down over the outer surface of the sleeve C, and the edge of the rubber is passed lunder the bottomedge of the sleeve C, as

shown in Fig. 8. To give the ball or bulb sut `iicient weight to permit it to be thrown, we

wholly or partly lill the ball with a liquid or some powdered substance, liquids being preferred. The ball may be entirely or only partly filled with water; or, if desired, a smaller ball, A', can be contained within alarger ball, A, the smaller ball' being filled with water and being sealed at the neck. In this case the smaller ball is filled and sealed, and then the larger ball is inflated. If desired, the inner ball can be iniated, and then the space between the inner and outer balls iilled with water, as shown in Fig. 6; or the ball canbe lled with'water, and then tied by means of a string, a, a short distance below the neck, whereby a sack or bulb, A2, will be formed between the tied part of the ball and the neck, which bulb A2 is tfilled with chemicals, which, when dissolved by the water in theball A, will produce gases which will distend and enlarge the ball. rIhe balls ready for use contain the water and the chemicals, and when the balls are to `be used inflated the cord a. isreinoved, so that the chemicals can mix with the water. rlhe ball is closed by compressing or closing the ring C at the neck, which ring can be compressed by means of pliers or any other suit able instrument; but we prefer to use the device which will be described hereinafter. To iill the balls with air and water we use an airpump, D, which consists of a vertical cylinder, E, provided at its bottom with an outletchannel, F, which terminates in a curved Outlet-pipe, G, the end of which is tapered and adapted to be passed into the necks of the balls A. The cylinder E contains a piston, H, which is attached to a rack, J, projecting from the top of the piston and from the top of the cylinder, which rack J engages with a pinion, K, mounted on a shaft, L, having a crank-handle, M, whereby the piston will be raised or lowered by turning the crank-handle M. An elbow-pipe, N, projects from the upper part of the cylinder E, and in the upper end of the said elbow-pipe N the lower end of a funnel, O is placed, by means of which funnel and elbow-pipe the requisite quantity of water can be conducted into the cylinder. A nut, P, is mounted on the rack-bar J, and

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inder, which standard is provided in its upper surface and along the outer edge with an annular flange corresponding with the surface of the nut P. If the balls are to be filled with a gaseous or other ef'ervescent liquid, the nozzle R is placed into the neckof the ball, which nozzle R is formed at the upper end of a pipe, R, which projects to the bottom of the closed vessel S, which contains the gaseous or effervescent liquid. As soon as the cock of the pipe R is opened the pressure ofthe gas in the box S forces the gaseous liquid and some of the gas into the ball, which is thus distended and partly or wholly filled.

Theballs are lled by means of the air-pump, as follows: The piston is raised and the water is poured through the funnel O and elbow-pipe N into the bottom of the cylinder, and the end of the curved tube G is passed into the neck of the ball. If the piston is forced downward by turning the crankihandle M, the air in the cylinder below the piston is compressed and forces the water through the channel F and the tube G into the ball A, and then the Vcompressed air is also forced into the ball, whereby the same will be distended and enlarged to the desired size. If the nut P is held at the top of the rack-bar J the piston can be lowered to the bottom of the cylinder, and all the compressed air will be forced into the rubber ball, which will be enlarged considerably. lf it is desired that the ball shall not be so large, the nut P is adjusted a greater or less distance from the upper end of the rack-bar J, so that the said rack-bar and the piston H, attached to the same, cannot be lowered the full length of the rack-bar, as the nut P strikes against the upper end of the standard Q, before the piston has reached the bottom of the cylinder. The quantity of water in each ball can be varied, au d, as previously stated, the water can be held in various manners. AAfter the ball has been filled and inflated it is-discon nected from the end of the tube G, and at the Same time the sleeve B is pressed together by the fingers, so as to retain the air within the ball. The neck is again seized a short distance behind the sleeve C, and the neck is placed between the nut P and the top of the Standard Q, and by turning the crank-handle M the nut P is suddenly moved down upon the upper end of the standard Q, and thereby the flanges of the nut P and the standard Q will indent the flattened sleeve at the middle, and thereby press the rubber within the sleeve so tightly together that a perfectly close and airtight joint is formed.

Having thus described our invention, whatY we claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

l.. rlhe apparatus for lling target-balls with water and air herein described, consisting of a piston forcing water and air into a ball, and clamping means, substantially as described, supported, respectively, upon the piston-rod and cylinder, between which the ball shall be clamped and hermetically sealed, as set forth.

2. In an apparatus for filling target-balls with water and air and hermetieally closing the mouths of the saine, the combination of the cylinder E and piston-rod H J with the standard I, secured to the upper part of the cylinder, and having an annular flange at its upper end, and the nut P, secured near the upper end of the piston-rod, between which nut and ange the balls may be clamped and hermetically sealed after being filled with air and water through the operation of the piston mechanism, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

PIERRE JsErli JARRE. ETIENNE ALPHONSE JARRE.

fitnesses BORT. M. Hoornn, J ULEs J. MATHIEU. 

